Passenger-car.



C. H. ANDERSON.

PASSENGER CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- 12. 1915.

1,148,001 I Patented July 27, 1915.

W] NESSE I INIi'EVTOR COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPM c0., WASHINGTON IIII L- STATES PATENT OFFTQE.

CHARLES H. ANDERSON, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

PASSENGER-CAR.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES H. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Passenger-Cars; and I do hereby declare the following'to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in passengers cars.

In steel car construction, and particularly those embodying metal side posts, it is necessary to provide numerous anchorage blocks and cleats to form supports for the curtain brackets; for the conduits carrying bell, light and other wires from end to end of the car, and also. for the ornamental woodwork forming the window curtain box, and these anchorage blocks or cleatswhich are usually of wood, are all applied after the frame of the car has been erected.

The object of this invention is to, do away with the numerous parts formerly used, and provide a standard attachment that can be applied to the side posts before the latter are assembled in the car, thus making the side posts interchangeable and each carrying, as an integral part, the supports for all the various parts of the curtain box and the parts within the latter that have heretofore been attached to the post after the car frame has been erected, and my invention consists in the parts and combinations of parts as will be more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a view in section through one side of a car showing my improvement applied to a side post thereof. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of a section of a side post showing my improvement attached to same and Fig. 3 is a view in section on the line wm of Fig. 1.

1 represents the side post of a car, 2 the eaves or name plate and 3 the window curtain box. The posts at the sides'of the car are all alike, and are in the present instance T-shape with the flange portion presenting outwardly for the attachment of the side and eaves or name plate.

Secured to the inner edge of the web of each side post is the bracket 4, preferably made of sheet metal rectangular in shape.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filedJanuary 12, 1915. Serial No. 1,858.

Patented J 1113727, 1915.

The top end of the plate forming the bracket 4 is bent inwardly as at-5 and downwardly as at 6, .the lower free end of the downwardly bent portion6, being secured to the body 1 of bracket by. the bolt 7 oarryingthe spacing sleeve 8, thus forming a pocket for the reception of the pipe orconduit 9 which may carry the bell, light and other wiresfrom one end of the carto the other, the-said conduit being supported on the sleeves 8. The body of the bracket a is slotted in rear of said pocket and the metal released by slotting is turned outwardly at right angles so as to rest against the web of side post and be secured to the latter by a bolt or rivet.

The plate 4 is provided at;-it s side edges intermediate its ends with the ears 10 which are bent inwardly into parallel position, and forms brackets for the support of window curtain rollers, one of said brackets being slotted as at. 11 for the reception of the angular end of the spring rod of one curtain roller, and the other with a hole 12 for the reception of the fixed spindle of the next adjacent roller. The side posts form the side frames for the windows, hence each bracket 4 carries two ears or brackets 10 for supporting the adjacent ends of the two curtains at the opposite sides of the side post.

The lower portion of the plate 4 is bent slightly outwardly a distance equal to about the thickness of said plate, and is slotted centrally as at 13 so as to permit the plate to fall back sothat its inner face willbe approximately flush with the inner edge of the web of the side post, the plate being welded at the edges of said slot to the web of the side post, so as to permanently unite the plate 't'to thepost, this being done :during the manufacture of the post and before it is placed in position in the car. The plate is also provided adjacent its lower edge with the laterally projecting ears 14 having holes therein, and the extreme lower slotted end 15 of the plate,'is bent outwardly at right angles, so as to rest against the opposite faces of the web of the post, the said bent ends each having a screw hole. The downwardly bent end 6 of the plate is also provided with a threaded hole, the wall of which is thickened for the attachment of a screw rod which supports the package rack at the top of the sides of the car.

Secured to the underside of the bent ends 15 is a bronze plate 16, which supports the base 17 of the curtain box, and to which said base 17 is secured by screws. Secured on the top 5 of the plate or bracket e, is the wood block 18 the front or face 19' of said box being secured to said base 17 and block 18; Located within the box and secured by screws to the ears14: of the plate or bracket 1, is the wood strip 20 carrying the electric wires 21 leading to the bell which is actuated by the push buttons located in the usual position.

WVith this construction it will be seen that with the plates or brackets 4 properly secured to the posts, the building of the curtain roller box becomes a comparatively simple matter, as the location for the several parts of the same is fixed by the brackets 1, thus doing away altogether with the measureinents which were necessary in locating the anchorage blocks, and in the drilling necessary to secure said blocks in place. As the posts are alike, and the brackets all occup'y the same relative position, it will be seen that the posts are interchangeable and when assembled the brackets 4 willall be in proper position to receive the curtain rollers and the housing members of the box.

It is evident that many slight changes might be resorted to in the relative arrangement of parts shown and described Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; Hence I would have 1t understood that I do not wish toconfii'ie Jnyself to the exact constructionand arrangement of parts shown and described but Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. In steel car construction, the combination of a metal side post, a curtain box and a metal bracket rigidly secured to the post, the said bracket having supports for the at tachment of supporting members of the curtain box, conduit for wires and ears for supporting the adjacent ends of two curtain rollers.

2. In steel car constrtiction, the comhina tion of a metal side post, a curtain box and a bracket secured to the post and provided with a housing for a conduit, two ears for supporting the adjacent ends of two curtains and flanges for the attachment of members of the window curtain box.

3. In steel car construction, the combination of a metal side post, and a bracket permanently secured to the latter and provided at its upper end with a housing for a conduit, at its lower end with flanges for the attachment of the base memberof a window curtain box, and intermediate its ends with ears for supporting the acent ends of two curtain rollers. v

4; In steel car construction, the combination of a metal side post T-shap'e in cross section and a bracket permanently secured against the free edge of the web of said post,- the upper end of said bracket being bent in w'ardly and downwardly to form housing for a conduit, the lower end bent at right angles to the body for the attachment of the base member of the window curtain box, and provided at its side edges intermediate its ends with ears for supporting the adjacent ends of two curtain rollers.

5. In steel car construction, the combination of a metal side post T-shape' in cross section and a metal bracket permanently secured to said post, the said brackethaving a housing at its upper end for a conduit, bent lower end for the attachment of the base member of a curtain box, ears adjacent the lower end for the attachment of strip carrying the electric bell wires, and inwardly projecting ears for si'ipp'orting' the adjacent ends" of two curtain rollers.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES H.- ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

A. WV. Bnrer'rr, S. C. HILL.

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